The Boer War

The war declared by the Boers of South Africa on October 11, 1899, gave the British, as Kipling said, 'No end of a lesson.' The public expected it to be over by Christmas. It proved to be the longest, the costliest, the bloodiest and most humiliating war that Great Britain fought between 1815 and 1914.

Thomas Pakenham

Jonathan Ball publishers, 1997. Hardcover. Fine in fine d.j. In Brodart cover. Profusely illustrated. We provide fast and reliable shipping service. We started to sell on the internet in 1998. We ship from California. All our books are guaranteed.

Pakenham, Thomas

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1980. Inscribed and SIGNED by the author on the title page. 659 pages in very good condition. With photographs, cartoons and maps. Illustrated endpapers. Brown cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Corners not bumped. Illustrated DJ with red titles. Very light wear. NEAR FINE/VG+. Inscribed and Signed By Author. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG+.

Pakenham, Thomas

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1997. first edition. Hardcover. Fine, clean, tight copy in near fine dust jacket with very light edge and corner wear; no tears; board are clean; pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks and creases; edges of pages are clean; binding is tight and square; a like new copy in a gently used DJ./near fine. Large octavo in brown cloth with gilt titles to spine in tan-brown pictorial dust jacket; 659 pp., [32] pages of b&w illus.; 25 cm. In English. || Out of print. "Thomas Pakenham has written the first full-scale documentary history of the war to be attempted since 1910. His narrative is based on first-hand and largely unpublished sources. He has combed the original British documents in teh Public Record Office and the material in South African archives. He has traced the private papers of most of the protagonists. He found the letters of Sir Redvers Suller - the British Commander-in-Chief in 1899 - letters which had remained hidder under the billiard table at Buller's house in Devon. He has unearthed new material from teh trunk-loads of Lord Robert's papers, discovered a massive secret journal of the war compiled by the War Office Intelligence Department, and found the private letters from teh War Minister, Lord Lansdowne and other members of the Cabinet... He writes movingly about the plight of the 100,000 black Africans who served both armies. And he explains the final political victory of the Boers - how they lost the war but won the peace - with far-reaching consequences for Europe and South Africa." - DJ flaps.

Pakenham, Thomas

London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1980. xxii + 659pp, 50 illustrations, 8 maps. From the library of, and with a dedication to, 'Des' DESMOND HAMILL, AWARD-WINNING T.V. JOURNALIST, AFRICAN CONSERVATIONIST AND AUTHOR. Else unmarked, AS NEW IN AS NEW DUSTJACKET. 'In scope, scholarship, breadth and impact, this is a work that will not be superseded for many years' (blurb) CB21. 3rd Edition. As New/As New.

Pakenham, Thomas

Random House. Hardcover. 0394427424 Random House; NY, 1979. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in a Fine Dustwrapper, trace handling. A nice, clean unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or aprx 6 x 9 inches], 718pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire. . Fine.

Pakenham, Thomas

London, United Kingdom: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Minus, in Very Good Minus, but torn and chipped DJ. Brown boards with gilt lettering on the spine. FIRST EDITION. The rear board has a bump on the leading edge with has caused a crease in the pages. No damage to the text. Thirty-two pages of black-and-white illustrations. The DJ has two tears to one inch and a half inch chip at the top of the spine. The DJ is not price-clipped. 659 pages which includes an index.